Lady Dorothy Macmillan
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Lady Dorothy Evelyn Macmillan GBE (28 July 1900–21 May 1966) was a daughter of the 9th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and the wife of the British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
[edit] Family Life
Born Lady Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish, she married the Conservative politician and publisher Harold Macmillan in 1920 and they remained together (despite a long "friendship" with the Conservative politician Robert Boothby) until her death from a heart attack in 1966. They had three children:
- 1) Maurice Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (1921-1984), a Conservative politician and publisher. Married The Honourable Katharine Ormsby-Gore, a daughter of the 4th Baron Harlech.
- 2) Lady Caroline Macmillan (born 1923). Married Julian Faber; five children.
- 3) Lady Catherine Macmillan (1926-1991). Married Julian Amery, later Baron Amery of Lustleigh, a Conservative politician; four children.
- 4) Lady Sarah Macmillan (1930-1970). She was Lady Dorothy's daughter by Robert Boothby, but raised with her husband. She had an unhappy life, which was blighted by a drinking problem.
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[edit] Sources
- Burke's Peerage
- Debrett's Peerage
- http://www.thepeerage.com
- http://www.worldroots.com
